Athletic garment.



M. M. HENDERSON.

ATHLETIC GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED 001225, 1913.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

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M. M. HENDERSON. ATHLETIC GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25,-1913.

Patented Augn1 8, 19m

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' MARK MrHENDERSoN, or NORWALK, CONNECTICUT.

ATHLETIC GARMENT.

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To alt whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that 1, MARK M. Hnnnnnson, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Norwalk, in the county of Fairfield and State'of"onnecticut, have iii-- vented certain new and useful- Improvements in Athletic Garments, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to" athletic suits, and my improvements comprise means whereby the upper or shirt garment may be connected to the lower or trousers: garment in such manner that in use the shirt is prevented from riding up above the trousers, my improvement further permitting the employment of a shirt without tails, and still further allowing the shirt to be suitably blousedto give proper free dom for the movements of the body.

In brief my invention consists of trousers with vertical slots formed in the top portion thereof, a shirt having loops secured about its waist line, in position to penetrate said slots, the loops receiving a, belt to thus connect the two garments, and means whereby the shirt portions intermediate the loops, are prevented from riding upwardly in the flexing of the body.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation, showing the upper and lower portions of an athletic garment, as con-' nected together by my improved method. Fig. 2 is a rear View thereof. Fig. 3 is an exterior view of the shirt, extended, showing the vertical loops "therein.

showing the stifi'ening means. front View of the trousers, showing the vertical slots. Fig. 6 is a rear view of the trousers. Fig. 7 .is a'section through the line 77 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 8 is a. partial detail perspective view showing the relativearrangement of the garment with the loop in the slot andthe belt in place. i

In said views the letter a indicates a shirt or upper garment of an athletic suit, such for example as a base. ball suit, and 6 indicates the trousers or lower garment of a suit of the indicated character.

The shirt a is provided with loops, as a, secured vertically thereon at intervals around the waist line, said loops being adapted to receive an. ordinary garment supporting belt. The trousers b are shown as provided, around their waist line, with a series of vertical slots, as b, said slots Specification of Letters Patent.

Fig. 4 isan interior view of the shirt, extended,... Fig. 5 is a Patented Aug. 18, Edit,

Application filed October 25, 1913.. Serial No. 797,180.

corresponding in number with theloops a, and posltioned to receive said loops.

The garments being in place upon the body of the wearer with the loops a penetrating slots b, a belt, as 0, is passed through loops a, along the exterior surface For thepurpose of effecting economy in. the quantity of material employed in the production of my improved athletic suit,

and because the nature of my said improveinent allows such economy, I eliminate the usual shirt tails, cutting the material of the shirt so that the baseline thereof, as (1, extends only just below'the waist line. Without the arrangement of loops, slots and locking belt referred to, it obviously would not be practicable to so curtail the shirt, but,

with the aforesaid arrangement, and in conjunction with other, asslsting features, the respective waist lines of the upper and lower garments maintaintheir relative superposed relationship under all conditions of body flexin s of the wearer, and all tendency of the s irt material to ride up'ahove the trousers is effectually restrained.

The assisting features referred. to are as follows: At the inner surface of the shirt,

about its waist line I place vertically elongated pieces of stifiening material, as e, the pieces being disposed, respectively, behind the loops 0:", whereby said loops may be securely sewn, through the shirt material, to said stiffening pieces; a further function of said stifie'nin pieces being that they impart a degree 0 rigidity to the shirt material at either side thereof, in the waist line,

and thus render substantial service in preventing the lower shirt portions, intermediate the belt locked points at the loops, from pulling upwardly, away from the trousers.

In further; detail of the invention, it is pointed out that the middle loop a at the rear of the shirt, is in a lower plane than the other loops, the purpose of this arrangement being to cause the belt, when tightened through the loops, to elevate said middle loop to the horizontal plane of the other loops, thereby providing that fullness of material in the back of the garment, which is essential in all athletic suits. It will also be noticed that at the sides of the shirt, the

extent of the material between the front and back loops, is greater than the space between the corresponding slots b, the purpose whereof is to allow puckering or blousing of the material in these spaces when the arments are connected, to afford the deslred freedom of movement in said garments. Obviously the relative positions of the loops and slots on the shirt and trousers garments may be reversed, without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

Wherever the term trousers is employed it is understood to indicate a lower, bifurcated garment, whether said garment be in the form of knee breeches or other covering for the legs. v

I claim:

1. Anathletic suit composed of upper and lower garments, wherein one. garment carries loops and the other garment has slots toreceive said loops, a belt threading said loops to connect said garments, and means preventing the shirt from riding upwardly between the points of connection.

2. An athletic suit composed of shirt and trousers, wherein the shirt carries .loops around its waist line, the trousers have slots to receive said loops, which latter are adapted to be retained insaid slots by an encircling belt, and reinforce stifiening pieces are provided on said shirt for said loops, said stifiening pieces servin to restrain the adjacent shirt material rom upward move-. ment.

3. An athletic suit composed of shirt and trousers, wherein the shirt is without tails and carries loops around its waist line, the trousers have slots to receive said loops,

purposes, and the trousers have slots to re ceive said loops, which latter-are adapted to lbe retained in said slots by an. encircling elt.

5. An athletic suit composed of shirt and trousers, wherein the shirt carries loops around its waist line and the trousers have slots to receive said loops, which latter are adapted to be retained" in said slots by 'an encircling belt, some of the loops being spaced farther apart than the slots to re ceive them, to provide an excess of shirt material for blousi'ng purposes.

6. An athletic suit comprising shirt and trousers garments, loops around the waist of one of said garments and slots around the waist of the other of said garments, and said waist garment provided with a greater vertical fullness in the back than at the sides,

7. An athletic suit comprising shirt and I trousers garments, loops around the waist of one of said; garments, and slots around the waist of the otherof said garments, and" said waist garment provided with a greater vertical fullness above said loopsand slots at the back than at the sides.

Signed at the borough of Manhattan in the city, county and State of New York this 24th day of October A. D. 1913.

MARK M. HENDERSON,

Witnesses:

F. W. BARKER, SADIE L. BLOCK. 

